Show us your lathe

[paranoid56]

finally got myself a old *** metal lathe. been wanting one ever since i sold my old one (should have never sold it)
i wanted to pick up a south bend, but nothing close to me and all that were a lot of money (way too much money)

ended up picking up a Seneca Falls "Star" Lathe.
Came with lots of extras, 3 and 4 jaw heads, drill head, plate head, back rest and 3point rest.

has the normal stuff, power crossfeed,
and power longitudinal (carriage feed) via the leadscrew

 

[mattygee]

Here's my Atlas 10X24... bought as a boat anchor and have probably spent too much latin lettuce bringing it back to working condition but I learned a lot in the process. The big ticket items were adding a quick change box and a 3phase/VFD setup. Naturally, after I 'finished' it, a co worker said he had a lathe that belonged to his granddad with 'some other stuff'... Turned out to be an NOS Atlas 10 with almost every accessory available. Alas, no toolpost grinding attachment, but as you can see in the pic, there was a complete toolroom taper attachment. Anyway, I bought it all and resold just the lathe for what I paid for the lot.

M

 

[Alchymist]

Nothing special, 1934 South Bend 405, Boley watchmaker's, and pen making lathe. The SB along with a small mill made the pen lathe.

 

[2oolhound]

My Atlas 10" QC54. Yes, it's just a toy compared to many of these beauties but it's my 1st lathe, you gotta start somewhere. I don't know how I ever lived without one.

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[Alchymist]

My Atlas 10" QC54. Yes, it's just a toy compared to many of these beauties but it's my 1st lathe, you gotta start somewhere. I don't know how I ever lived without one.

Your's is bigger than mine, but I got you outnumbered.

 

[jeff g]

Hi


This is my lathe a denham viceroy 11x24, I still have to do it up, it will be next year now.
Still looking for a dial thread indicator for it, viceroy denford mk2.
This is a thread i started on the lathe, hope to update the thread
as i go along.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212986 ,

 

[macgee]

While randomly browsing craigslist I came across this 8" Sears rebranded Emco. $120 later and it was mine. I haven't used a lathe since shop class in high school. Surprisingly well made in Austria, it should be perfect for my smaller projects.

So everyone, show us your lathes. Also post any cool projects or items you have made with it to give me some ideas.

I was searching for lathe's on GJ and came across this thread, the OP looks to have the same lathe as mine (His is nicer). I thought it would be worthy to resurrect this old thread and post some pics of mine.


Both of our lathe's are direct clones of the Austrian made EMCO "Compact 8" except yours is made in Austria but I have the pleasure of mine being made in Taiwan. Having said that; mine isn't all that bad, it's actually well made for an asian lathe. Runs smooth and surprisingly cuts well. For $150 with all the tooling in the pic, it was hard to resist getting it. Mine is labeled as a Honden L-450, I had the whole manual scanned but no one ever said thank you after I sent it to them.

I too hope to see other GJ lathe's posted here in the future. That SB 13 restore in a earlier post is beautiful. I have a SB 13" as well but it aint as purdy as that one, not even close.

 

[sometoyotaguy]

Here's my South Bend 9A from when I was getting it into the basement. It was interesting moving that and the cabinet around.



Project pictures here if anyone is interested.

http://s625.photobucket.com/user/somephotoguy/library/Lathe?sort=3&page=1

 

[macgee]

Here my other lathe, it's a pic of my South Bend 13" lathe in rough shape before I pick it up.

I can really appreciate GJ member toms73novass effort in cleaning his SB 13 , it's beautiful!

 

[beakie]

full restored Myford ML7, 1953 vintage I think it is.
first lathe, and really enjoying learning what it is capable of.




and the newer ML7, 1971 I believe, that followed me home the other day... but it already being sold as is (came with a lot of tools I am keeping)

 

[macgee]

Hey Beakie,

Those are nice lathe's, I've heard really good things about MyFords in the UK.

Are you preferring the older one to the new one? They seem almost identical except for the tail stock, tool post and your older one has a dial thread gauge.

 

[beakie]

Hey Beakie,

Those are nice lathe's, I've heard really good things about MyFords in the UK.

Are you preferring the older one to the new one? They seem almost identical except for the tail stock, tool post and your older one has a dial thread gauge.

I haven't used the newer one, and probably won't get too. I bought it for the tooling that came with it. I thought about keeping it, but someone on another (more local) forum asked about buying it... so I decided it was better to spread the Myford wealth.

Yes the tailstock is a bit different, it's missing the thread dial indicator, and a few other "improvements" were made over the years. But after all the time and $ put into the older one I would rather use it, than restore another just "because".



The Myford ML7 was one of the lathes I was looking for when my search began, Southbed was another.
The ML7 is very small, and that was a bonus for me. Having never used a lathe before, I didn't want to commit a large portion of my garage to a tool I may never be capable of using (properly, to it's full potential).
Anyway, it has been great, I am learning a lot, collecting more tooling and beginning to make the things I've wanted too.

Not finished yet, but a plumb bob made of stainless (center shaft, and eventually replacable threaded point) and bloodwood sandwiched between brass.

 

[maddawg1952]

My 9" Logan. Nice small lathe, just wish it had a quick change gear box, other than that its suites my purposes.

 

[macgee]

I haven't used the newer one, and probably won't get too. I bought it for the tooling that came with it. I thought about keeping it, but someone on another (more local) forum asked about buying it... so I decided it was better to spread the Myford wealth.

Yes the tailstock is a bit different, it's missing the thread dial indicator, and a few other "improvements" were made over the years. But after all the time and $ put into the older one I would rather use it, than restore another just "because".



The Myford ML7 was one of the lathes I was looking for when my search began, Southbed was another.
The ML7 is very small, and that was a bonus for me. Having never used a lathe before, I didn't want to commit a large portion of my garage to a tool I may never be capable of using (properly, to it's full potential).
Anyway, it has been great, I am learning a lot, collecting more tooling and beginning to make the things I've wanted too.

Not finished yet, but a plumb bob made of stainless (center shaft, and eventually replacable threaded point) and bloodwood sandwiched between brass.

Is that the cut finish or did you clean it up afterwards. It looks very nice.

It appears the pic of your newer lathe has gone away.

I would love to see more people post there lathe's.

 

[Aususer]

This appears to be a really old thread, however I just acquired (today no less!) a "craftsman L-350", that by the looks of macgee's posts, is aka "honden" (and it appears very closely aligned to many others including compact8)

The unit is VERY rough and missing critical/key components like a taikstick, crossslide and tool holder, motor, motor drive sprocket and belts. It does have gears, chuck and steady rests
By the looks of it the belts are similar to the compact8, so I've sent off some emails to various vendors (shipping to Australia appears to be really expensive for this stuff!)

None the less, it's a labour as I've always wanted a lathe... so reaching out to anyone who has/access to one or similar..
I'm looking initially for a manual - with a parts diagram. I have the compact8 spares PDF which is a good start, but I intend to strip this down and clean it up (I was told it was an ex-trade school unit - so not looking forward to that...

But the ways' appear in good condition (surface rust needs cleaning) and as straight as my best straightedge is...
Any help/advice appreciated.

I am a novice - metal is definantly not my trade so this will be a hobby thing..having followed abom79 on YouTube I'd like to give it a go..

Thanks in advance everyone.

Mike
Melbourne, australia.

 

[blacksuit99]

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I know this is an old thread but who doesn't like Metal lathe??? Bought this one a couple months ago and have been learning/playing with it quite a bit. Craftsman 101. Came with some tooling. Can't wait to get a qctp! I made the handle wheel as the other one was broke. Let's see who has a lathe! Sorry, no idea why the pic is like that.

 

[Alchymist]

4 of them - the South Bend in the pic, 10X18 wood lathe with extension bed, homemade small wood lathe, and watchmaker's 8mm lathe.

 

[MBfreak]

Hey to all.
I am the happy owner of an 1972 Soviet made PROFILA 1 K 62. It is incredibly well made, had been used in a maritime repair shop by pros, and then sat unused for probably 20 years. We stripped it down and reconditioned everything, it was mostly cleaning out 100 kilos of swarf( is that the right word.)
It is incredibly accurate, spindle nose runout is less than 0,02 mm. Runs from 12 to 2400 rpm, has an absolutely fantastic feed gearbox with an amazing number of settings. How about 140 mm feed per turn, so you can turn twist drill blanks. Also down to 0,07 mm/ turn.
Has a 4 way lever for feed, on top of which is a button for fast feeding when moving to new position. I love it, weighs around 2200 kg. Have been machining a soldering fixture for an old speedo, hole dia 1,72 mm. Also turned weld repaired 15x12" alu rims for a De Tomaso Pantera

Ola

 

[blacksuit99]

Wow Ola, that is a monster. I wish I has the room for some bigger stuff. Thankfully for what I have though.

 

[aguycalledlucas]

Here is my SB 9A 54” bed and Hardinge HLV.


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[jeff g]

Hi
This is my lathe, going to fit a VFD to it this year.
It is a GH1440A

 

[Foxmxrcer]

Anyone into old machines? My Pratt and Whitney 10" engine lathe. I estimate is from late 1800's to very early 1900's. There is almost no information available online for these machines unfortunately. But it's a tank!



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[HanShotFirst]

Here's one of my Atlas TF42's; I have two of the same lathe (just how things turn out).

 

[Unruh]

I recently bought this older Rockwell Homecraft. I just built this stand and like how it turned out. I mounted the motor on the back leg with a hinge so I can easily change speed. It uses #1 MT bits. I went to Rockler and couldn’t find too many bits for it, they of course had lots of #2. I’m really new to turning but excited to get started.

 

[scooternut]

Nice thread resurrection, keeping it going. New to me this winter 1943 South Bend 10l, heavy 10.




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[Alchymist]

I recently bought this older Rockwell Homecraft. I just built this stand and like how it turned out. I mounted the motor on the back leg with a hinge so I can easily change speed. It uses #1 MT bits. I went to Rockler and couldn’t find too many bits for it, they of course had lots of #2. I’m really new to turning but excited to get started.

Need some closeup of the head and tail stocks. Looks like you have a drill chuck in the tailstock with a live center in the chuck?If so, you can use any standard twist, spade, or forstner drill bit in the chuck. Use a MT1 live center for turning. Is the head stock spindle threaded? If so a chuck works well. I know, slippery slope buying accessories.

 

[zmotorsports]

Here’s mine, a Precision Mathews 1340GT.


Many projects have been completed using this lathe and most can be seen in my Shop Projects threads.

 

[bubbles92]

My 1920's era willimott Metal lathe which i restored from poor condition. a very old machinist used to own this in his garage who then died and the person i bought it off found it at a garage sale and didnt know how to use and restore it therefore i bought it from him for $500 with all the old tooling. I'm a Millwright

 

[DocsMachine]

Since this thread has been brought back up, here's a somewhat newer photo of the Springfield I posted back on page 2:

Lightly Photoshopped to remove the **** and junk stacked in and around it.

There's an incomplete-but-I'm-working-on-it series of 'build blog' pages on my website showing a lot of the cleaning, details and repairs I've gone through on the monster.

And since this is, after all, a "show us your lathe" thread, on that same machine-rebuilds page, there's a build-blog on the Logan lathe I'm converting to CNC:

And it works, too!

Doc.

 

[b-dog]

Here’s mine, a Precision Mathews 1340GT.


Many projects have been completed using this lathe and most can be seen in my Shop Projects threads.

Mike, do you have a close-up or more info on how you're storing your tool holders? I want to do the same thing, I've got some ideas, mostly from here but I haven't executed anything just yet. Thanks!

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, do you have a close-up or more info on how you're storing your tool holders? I want to do the same thing, I've got some ideas, mostly from here but I haven't executed anything just yet. Thanks!

I have a pretty detailed write-up in my first Shop Projects thread around page 8 or so. There is a link in my signature. I also have a video on my YouTube channel specifically on the lathe, also a link in my signature.

Thanks.

 

[b-dog]

I have a pretty detailed write-up in my first Shop Projects thread around page 8 or so. There is a link in my signature. I also have a video on my YouTube channel specifically on the lathe, also a link in my signature.

Thanks.

Found it! Man, so simple. I dig it!

 

[zmotorsports]

Found it! Man, so simple. I dig it!

Thank you. Yeah, nothing special, just a length of Unistrut and some bent aluminum tabs. Works well and had a low cost.

 

[jmarkwolf]

My Grizzly G4003G when it was new a couple years ago. The stool was just for scale.

 

[NedNorton]

Here is mine, Maximat 11. Super accurate (more so than the limited skilled operator), Austrian made.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[isb cornbinder]

I have two lathes that I like and use. My first lathe is a British Myford Super 7. The Super 7 has five chucks including a collet chuck with 15 different collets. The lathe has the follow and steady rests.
The second lathe is a 16 inch South Bend with a 120 inch bed. The SB16 has five chucks in both 3 the 4 jaw. I bought a collet holder for the SB16. The SB ha steady and follow rests. The SB came with the OEM lantern tool post and a KENNEMETAL turret post.
I have a Rockwell Delta tool bit grinder that works for both lathes.
I have used the SB16 to bore out corroded spring perch pins and turn replacement pins.
One of the pictures shows an OEM IHC clutch and brake pedal mount shaft being modified for clutch only.
I use the SB16 for squaring stainless 4 inch tube for mufflers and fuel tanks for old hit and miss engines.

 

[nug]

I've just picked up an Old Powr-Kraft lathe. It's actually a rebranded Logan. From 1946. A 10x24

Here it is before I took it home.

And here it is all taken apart for transport.

 

[Asport]

I'll resurrect this thread. A lot of nice lathes. I wish I had more space and a way to get something larger into my basement.

This is my 1936 South Bend Wide 9"

 

[Riggerson]

Yam 850g. 19'' swing and about ~35'' between centers. Will do ~28'' in the gap.

 

[ez-duzit]

I like the YAM.